" ... Now I give you something that few think about: What do you think the Internet is all about, historically? Citizens of all the countries on Earth can talk to one another without electronic borders. The young people of those nations can all see each other, talk to each other, and express opinions. No matter what the country does to suppress it, they're doing it anyway. They are putting together a network of consciousness, of oneness, a multicultural consciousness. It's here to stay. It's part of the new energy. The young people know it and are leading the way.... "

" ... I gave you a prophecy more than 10 years ago. I told you there would come a day when everyone could talk to everyone and, therefore, there could be no conspiracy. For conspiracy depends on separation and secrecy - something hiding in the dark that only a few know about. Seen the news lately? What is happening? Could it be that there is a new paradigm happening that seems to go against history?... "Read More …. "The End of History"- Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)

Have you seen innovation and invention in the past decade that required thinking out of the box of an old reality? Indeed, you have. I can't tell you what's coming, because you haven't thought of it yet! But the potentials of it are looming large. Let me give you an example, Let us say that 20 years ago, you predicted that there would be something called the Internet on a device you don't really have yet using technology that you can't imagine. You will have full libraries, buildings filled with books, in your hand - a worldwide encyclopedia of everything knowable, with the ability to look it up instantly! Not only that, but that look-up service isn't going to cost a penny! You can call friends and see them on a video screen, and it won't cost a penny! No matter how long you use this service and to what depth you use it, the service itself will be free.

Now, anyone listening to you back then would perhaps have said, "Even if we can believe the technological part, which we think is impossible, everything costs something. There has to be a charge for it! Otherwise, how would they stay in business?" The answer is this: With new invention comes new paradigms of business. You don't know what you don't know, so don't decide in advance what you think is coming based on an old energy world. ..."

Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations

Tablets and other electronic goods bought this Christmas are destined tocreate a flood of 'e-waste'. Photograph: Anthony Upton/Rex Features

Millions of
mobile phones, laptops, tablets, toys, digital cameras and other electronic
devices bought this Christmas are destined to create a flood of dangerous
"e-waste" that is being dumped illegally in developing countries, the
UN has warned.

The global
volume of electronic waste is expected to grow by 33% in the next four years,
when it will weigh the equivalent of eight of the great Egyptian pyramids,
according to the UN's Step initiative, which was set up to tackle the world's
growing e-waste crisis. Last year nearly 50m tonnes of e-waste was generated
worldwide – or about 7kg for every person on the planet. These are electronic
goods made up of hundreds of different materials and containing toxic
substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and flame retardants. An
old-style CRT computer screen can contain up to 3kg of lead, for example.

Once in
landfill, these toxic materials seep out into the environment, contaminating
land, water and the air. In addition, devices are often dismantled in primitive
conditions. Those who work at these sites suffer frequent bouts of illness.

An
indication of the level of e-waste being shipped to the developing world was
revealed by Interpol last week. It said almost one in three containers leaving
the EU that were checked by its agents contained illegal e-waste. Criminal
investigations were launched against 40 companies. "Christmas will see a
surge in sales and waste around the world," says Ruediger Kuehr, executive
secretary of Step. "The explosion is happening because there's so much
technical innovation. TVs, mobile phones and computers are all being replaced more
and more quickly. The lifetime of products is also shortening."

According
to the Step report, e-waste – which extends from old fridges to toys and even
motorised toothbrushes – is now the world's fastest growing waste stream. China
generated 11.1m tonnes last year, followed by the US with 10m tonnes, though
there was significant difference per capita. For example, on average each
American generated 29.5kg, compared to less than 5kg per person in China.

By 2017,
Kuehr expects the volume of end-of-life TVs, phones, computers, monitors,
e-toys and other products to be enough to fill a 15,000-mile line of 40-tonne
lorries. In Europe, Germany discards the most e-waste in total, but Norway and
Liechtenstein throw away more per person. Britain is now the world's seventh
most prolific producer, discarding 1.37m tonnes, or about 21kg per person. No
figures are available from government or industry on how much is exported.

Although it
is legal to export discarded goods to poor countries if they can be reused or
refurbished, much is being sent to Africa or Asia under false pretences, says
Interpol. "Much is falsely classified as 'used goods' although in reality
it is non-functional. It is often diverted to the black market and disguised as
used goods to avoid the costs associated with legitimate recycling," said
a spokesman. "A substantial proportion of e-waste exports go to countries
outside Europe, including west African countries. Treatment in these countries
usually occurs in the informal sector, causing significant environmental
pollution and health risks for local populations," he said.

Few
countries understand the scale of the problem, because no track is kept of all
e-waste, says the European Environment Agency, which estimates between 250,000
tonnes and 1.3m tonnes of used electrical products are shipped out of the EU
every year, mostly to west Africa and Asia. "These goods may subsequently
be processed in dangerous and inefficient conditions, harming the health of
local people and damaging the environment," said a spokesman.

A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that the US discarded
258.2m computers, monitors, TVs and mobile phones in 2010, of which only 66%
was recycled. Nearly 120m mobile phones were collected, most of which were
shipped to Hong Kong, Latin America and the Caribbean. The shelf life of a
mobile phone is now less than two years, but the EU, US and Japanese
governments say many hundreds of millions are thrown away each year or are left
in drawers. In the US, only 12m mobile phones were collected for recycling in
2011 even though 120m were bought. Meanwhile, newer phone models are racing on
to the market leaving old ones likely to end up in landfills. Most phones
contain precious metals. The circuit board can contain copper, gold, zinc,
beryllium, and tantalum, the coatings are typically made of lead and phone
makers are now increasingly using lithium batteries. Yet fewer than 10% of
mobile phones are dismantled and reused. Part of the problem is that computers,
phones and other devices are becoming increasingly complex and made of smaller
and smaller components.

The failure
to recycle is also leading to shortages of rare-earth minerals to make future
generations of electronic equipment.

INTERNET / CYBERSPACE

"... Now I give you something that few think about: What do you think the Internet is all about, historically? Citizens of all the countries on Earth can talk to one another without electronic borders. The young people of those nations can all see each other, talk to each other, and express opinions. No matter what the country does to suppress it, they're doing it anyway. They are putting together a network of consciousness, of oneness, a multicultural consciousness. It's here to stay. It's part of the new energy. The young people know it and are leading the way.... "

"... I gave you a prophecy more than 10 years ago. I told you there would come a day when "everyone could talk to everyone and, therefore, there could be no conspiracy." For conspiracy depends on separation and secrecy - something hiding in the dark that only a few know about. Seen the news lately? What is happening? Could it be that there is a new paradigm happening that seems to go against history? ..."Read More …. "The End of History"- Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll)